Schmelz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schmelz.

Proper noun

Schmelz (plural Schmelzes)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schmelz is the 35622^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 631 individuals. Schmelz is most common among White (95.25%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schmelz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃmɛlts]

• Audio:

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Noun

Schmelz m (strong, genitive Schmelzes, plural Schmelze)

1. enamel
2. glaze, lustre

Declension

Declension of Schmelz [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schmelz	die	Schmelze
genitive	eines	des	Schmelzes	der	Schmelze
dative	einem	dem	Schmelz, Schmelze1	den	Schmelzen
accusative	einen	den	Schmelz	die	Schmelze

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Zahnschmelz
• Zellenschmelz

Related terms

• Schmelzglas
• Schmelzwerk

 

Descendants

• → Polish: szmelc

Further reading

• “Schmelz” in Duden online
• “Schmelz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache